Fossilized Hair Is Extremely Rare, Scientists Find

When most people hear the word "fossil," they probably think of bones or teeth, but under the right conditions, after an
animal dies even fragile body coverings like skin, hair and feathers can be preserved, although fossilized hair is very rare, Science Daily reports.

New
research led by The University of Texas at Austin has found that when it comes
to preserving these body parts, fossilized hair is five times rarer than
feathers, despite being an important tool for understanding ancient species.

This finding has researchers trying to determine if the lack of
hair in the fossil record has to do with physical traits that might make it
more difficult for hair to fossilize, or an issue with scientists' collection
techniques that could lead to them missing important finds.

Chad Eliason, a researcher at the Field Museum of Natural
History who conducted the research while a postdoctoral fellow at the UT
Jackson School of Geosciences, was first author of the study.

"This
pattern of where and when we do find fossilized feathers and hairs can be used
to inform where we look for future fossil discoveries." – Chad Eliason

The study was published on Sept. 6 in the journal Proceedings of
the Royal Society B. Co-authors include Julia Clarke, a professor in the Jackson
School's Department of Geological Sciences who led the study, and three Jackson
School undergraduate students, Leah Hudson, Taylor Watts and Hector Garza.

Fossils
of body coverings contain unique data on the ecology and lifestyle of extinct
animals, including what color they might have been. They also might affect our
understanding of when kinds of body coverings, such as feathers and hair,
evolved. In this study, the researchers used data on fossil type and age to
determine that hair probably evolved much earlier than current fossil samples
indicate.

Fossil
beds that preserve soft tissues like hair and feathers are called lagerstatte
('fossil storehouses' in German) and are rare on their own. The researchers
were interested in understanding how frequently different types of body
coverings were found preserved in these exceptional sites, which include the
Yixian Formation in China and the Green River Formation in the western United
States.

"Mammal
hair has been around for more than 160 million years yet over that time we have
very few records," Eliason said.

The
rarity might be explained by feathers and hair containing different types of
the protein keratin, which may impact the likelihood of fossilization. However,
the study notes that the lack of hair samples could have nothing to do with
fossilization, and be explained by the collecting behavior of paleontologists,
with a single feather usually being much easier to identify than a single hair.

Fossilized Creature May Be Earliest Mammal on Earth

Fossilized Creature May Be Earliest Mammal on Earth

Researchers say a 125-million-year-old fossil discovered in Spain in 2011 is the ‘earliest record of preserved mammalian hair structures and inner organs.’
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Fossilized Creature May Be Earliest Mammal on Earth

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Researchers say a 125-million-year-old fossil discovered in Spain in 2011 is the ‘earliest record of preserved mammalian hair structures and inner organs.’
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Mammal fossil found with hair in N China

Mammal fossil found with hair in N China

Chinese scientists have announced the discovery of a complete fossil of the earliest mammal with hair. The discovery, which was made in North China\'s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, could provide more insight as to the early evolution of mammals....

Mammal fossil found with hair in N China

published:09 Aug 2013

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Chinese scientists have announced the discovery of a complete fossil of the earliest mammal with hair. The discovery, which was made in North China\'s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, could provide more insight as to the early evolution of mammals....

11 Most Well Perserved Animals

11 Most Well Perserved Animals

From lion cubs found frozen to the discovery of the best specimen ever even going on to try and extract DNA from the baby mammoth
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7. A Mummified Cat
This is the mummified cat that was also brought to the Wells Trading Shop in the same box as the mummified rat that was just previously mentioned. The cat is also said to be more than 300-years-old, however, unlike the rat, it is believed that the cat was purposefully put into the wall of an old Welsh cottage in which it was found in. Dr. Marion Gibson, who is an expert of witchcraft and folklore at Exeter University states that the cat was most likely placed into the cottage wall while it was still alive. She says that this was a fairly common practice throughout Europe because people believed this would ward off any bad luck. This isn’t the first time a cat has been found inside the walls of a home as one was discovered back in 2009 and another in 2013.
6. Sasha The Wooly Rhinoceros
In 2014, the remains of this 18-month-old wooly rhinoceros were found in a ravine by a hunter in the Sakha Republic, Siberia. It happens to be the largest and coldest region in Russia, which explains why the animal’s carcass was so well preserved by permafrost. Dubbed as Sasha, the young rhino’s body was initially believed to be around 10,000-years-old when it was first discovered but it was last year that scientist announced it was 34,000-years-old after an autopsy was performed. It’s believed that Sasha’s cause of death was due to drowning since its nasal passages were clogged with mud. ...

11 Most Well Perserved Animals

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From lion cubs found frozen to the discovery of the best specimen ever even going on to try and extract DNA from the baby mammoth
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7. A Mummified Cat
This is the mummified cat that was also brought to the Wells Trading Shop in the same box as the mummified rat that was just previously mentioned. The cat is also said to be more than 300-years-old, however, unlike the rat, it is believed that the cat was purposefully put into the wall of an old Welsh cottage in which it was found in. Dr. Marion Gibson, who is an expert of witchcraft and folklore at Exeter University states that the cat was most likely placed into the cottage wall while it was still alive. She says that this was a fairly common practice throughout Europe because people believed this would ward off any bad luck. This isn’t the first time a cat has been found inside the walls of a home as one was discovered back in 2009 and another in 2013.
6. Sasha The Wooly Rhinoceros
In 2014, the remains of this 18-month-old wooly rhinoceros were found in a ravine by a hunter in the Sakha Republic, Siberia. It happens to be the largest and coldest region in Russia, which explains why the animal’s carcass was so well preserved by permafrost. Dubbed as Sasha, the young rhino’s body was initially believed to be around 10,000-years-old when it was first discovered but it was last year that scientist announced it was 34,000-years-old after an autopsy was performed. It’s believed that Sasha’s cause of death was due to drowning since its nasal passages were clogged with mud. ...

Fossil helping determine when mammals split into diferent groups

SHOTLIST
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Recent
1. Mid view of Dr Zhe-Xi Luo and Dr John Wible looking at fossil under microscope
2. Close-up of fossil
3. UPSOUND: (English) Dr Zhe-Xi Luo,
\"What is most important about this fossil is it has preserved very well, tissue. It also has some ankle bones, those are some wrist bones of the hand and these are the critical parts that tell us that this fossil is closely related to the modern marsupials and around this fossil you can tell that there are fossilized furs going around the skeleton. So this is one of the best preserved marsupial skeletons from the age of the dinosaurs.\"
4. Mid view Dr Zhe-Xi Luo looking at fossil
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Zhe-Xi Luo,
\"What we are looking at here is the world\'s earliest marsupial relative. Believe it or not this whole fossil is 125-million years old. But despite the fact of its age, it is very well preserved. Here you can see the complete skeleton and you can see some cartilage is well preserved. Around the skeleton we have some carbonized impression of fur. So this little critter, size of a mouse or chipmunk, has very well preserved jaws and its anterior teeth and its ankle joint and also the wrist indicate it is a marsupial relative.\"
6. Two shot of Dr Zhe-Xi Luo and Dr John Wible
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Zhe-Xi Luo,
\"Well by incorporating fossil evidence with comparative morphology of modern mammals together we have figured out the evolutionary history of all marsupials in the study associated with this early mammal from China.\"
8. SOUN...

Fossil helping determine when mammals split into diferent groups

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SHOTLIST
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Recent
1. Mid view of Dr Zhe-Xi Luo and Dr John Wible looking at fossil under microscope
2. Close-up of fossil
3. UPSOUND: (English) Dr Zhe-Xi Luo,
\"What is most important about this fossil is it has preserved very well, tissue. It also has some ankle bones, those are some wrist bones of the hand and these are the critical parts that tell us that this fossil is closely related to the modern marsupials and around this fossil you can tell that there are fossilized furs going around the skeleton. So this is one of the best preserved marsupial skeletons from the age of the dinosaurs.\"
4. Mid view Dr Zhe-Xi Luo looking at fossil
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Zhe-Xi Luo,
\"What we are looking at here is the world\'s earliest marsupial relative. Believe it or not this whole fossil is 125-million years old. But despite the fact of its age, it is very well preserved. Here you can see the complete skeleton and you can see some cartilage is well preserved. Around the skeleton we have some carbonized impression of fur. So this little critter, size of a mouse or chipmunk, has very well preserved jaws and its anterior teeth and its ankle joint and also the wrist indicate it is a marsupial relative.\"
6. Two shot of Dr Zhe-Xi Luo and Dr John Wible
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Zhe-Xi Luo,
\"Well by incorporating fossil evidence with comparative morphology of modern mammals together we have figured out the evolutionary history of all marsupials in the study associated with this early mammal from China.\"
8. SOUN...

Highway Of Life: The Ancestors Of All Mammals

Highway Of Life: The Ancestors Of All Mammals

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The evolution of mammals within the synapsid lineage (mammal-like-reptiles) was a gradual process that took approximately 70 million years, beginning in the mid-Permian. By the mid-Triassic, there were many species that looked like mammals, and the first true mammals appeared in the early Jurassic. The earliest known marsupial, Sinodelphys, appeared 125 million years ago in the early Cretaceous, around the same time as Eomaia, the first known eutherian (member of placentals\' \"parent\" group); and the earliest known monotreme, Teinolophos, appeared two million years later.
After the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs (birds are generally regarded as the surviving dinosaurs) and several other mammalian groups, placental and marsupial mammals diversified into many new forms and ecological niches throughout the Tertiary, by the end of which all modern orders had appeared.
From the point of view of phylogenetic nomenclature, mammals are the only surviving synapsids. The synapsid lineage became distinct from the sauropsid (\"reptile\") lineage in the late Carboniferous period, between 320 and 315 million years ago, and were the most common and largest land vertebrates of the Permian period.
But in the Triassic period a previously obscure group of sauropsids, the archosaurs, ...

Highway Of Life: The Ancestors Of All Mammals

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The evolution of mammals within the synapsid lineage (mammal-like-reptiles) was a gradual process that took approximately 70 million years, beginning in the mid-Permian. By the mid-Triassic, there were many species that looked like mammals, and the first true mammals appeared in the early Jurassic. The earliest known marsupial, Sinodelphys, appeared 125 million years ago in the early Cretaceous, around the same time as Eomaia, the first known eutherian (member of placentals\' \"parent\" group); and the earliest known monotreme, Teinolophos, appeared two million years later.
After the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs (birds are generally regarded as the surviving dinosaurs) and several other mammalian groups, placental and marsupial mammals diversified into many new forms and ecological niches throughout the Tertiary, by the end of which all modern orders had appeared.
From the point of view of phylogenetic nomenclature, mammals are the only surviving synapsids. The synapsid lineage became distinct from the sauropsid (\"reptile\") lineage in the late Carboniferous period, between 320 and 315 million years ago, and were the most common and largest land vertebrates of the Permian period.
But in the Triassic period a previously obscure group of sauropsids, the archosaurs, ...

Human Hair Found in Fossilized Hyena Dung

Human Hair Found in Fossilized Hyena Dung

After finding human hair trapped inside some hyena feces, archaeologists are taking a deeper look at the contents of a prehistoric hyena sample they located a few years ago.
After finding human hair trapped inside some hyena feces, archeologists are taking a deeper look at the contents of a prehistoric hyena sample they located a few years ago.
The fossilized dung was uncovered in South Africa\'s Gladysvale caves, a complex system that has yielded a number of other important finds, including rare hominid remains.
Gladysvale is part of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site.
It\'s estimated that the fossilized dung dates back about 257 thousand years.
The inclusions of human hair don\'t fascinate them because a hyena ate a human -- apparently that was not uncommon back then.
They\'re intrigued by the insights the strands give into Homo sapiens\' African Savannah lifestyle.
Among the other hairs found in the samples were those of indigenous African animals, showing that early man shared their grasslands habitat with zebras and warthogs.
A lack of scaling on the Homo sapiens hair implies that they suffered from some type of malady. The researchers noted that the fossilised strands shared characteristics with those of one of their diabetic colleagues.
They also said the lack of scales could be indicative of the prehistoric hair\'s donor spending quite a bit of time hanging around rocky crevices....

Human Hair Found in Fossilized Hyena Dung

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After finding human hair trapped inside some hyena feces, archaeologists are taking a deeper look at the contents of a prehistoric hyena sample they located a few years ago.
After finding human hair trapped inside some hyena feces, archeologists are taking a deeper look at the contents of a prehistoric hyena sample they located a few years ago.
The fossilized dung was uncovered in South Africa\'s Gladysvale caves, a complex system that has yielded a number of other important finds, including rare hominid remains.
Gladysvale is part of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site.
It\'s estimated that the fossilized dung dates back about 257 thousand years.
The inclusions of human hair don\'t fascinate them because a hyena ate a human -- apparently that was not uncommon back then.
They\'re intrigued by the insights the strands give into Homo sapiens\' African Savannah lifestyle.
Among the other hairs found in the samples were those of indigenous African animals, showing that early man shared their grasslands habitat with zebras and warthogs.
A lack of scaling on the Homo sapiens hair implies that they suffered from some type of malady. The researchers noted that the fossilised strands shared characteristics with those of one of their diabetic colleagues.
They also said the lack of scales could be indicative of the prehistoric hair\'s donor spending quite a bit of time hanging around rocky crevices....

Fossilised mammal found in China had eaten dinosaur

Fossilised mammal found in China had eaten dinosaur

1. Chinese scientists at table unveil mammal fossil with dinosaur remnants in stomach area from left to right: Meng Jin, Hu Yaoming, Wang Yuanqing
2. Close-up of mammal fossil, zoom in to stomach
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Meng Jin, Associate Curator, Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History:
\"This is the first ever discovery of this kind of material, and it shows, I think all of us will be very happy today. Now mammals finally get a chance to chase dinosaurs, so now for first time we know that dinosaurs are edible, maybe tasty. So it\'\'\'\'s a very interesting and exciting discovery, which will change the view, the picture, of the early mammals, mezozoic mammals, than what we thought before.\"
4. Photographers take pictures of fossil, pan to show scientists at table with fossil
5. Close-up of fossil mammal head, zoom out to show fossil
6. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Hu Yaoming, researcher, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing:
\"First, it\'\'\'\'s direct evidence showing it\'\'\'\'s a carnivorous mammal. Second, the food it ate included dinosaur, and in this animal there is a juvenile psittacosaur. Third, what\'\'\'\'s more surprising is that his size is more than one metre. I don\'\'\'\'t mean this one, I mean another fossil (of the same animal). These three points are things we\'\'\'\'ve never seen before.\"
7. Pan from psittacosaur skeleton in museum to replica of psittacosaurs
8. Close-up baby psittacosaurs of the type found in stomach contents of mammal
9. Tilt down from large duck-billed dinosaur
STORYLINE:
At the American Museum of...

Fossilised mammal found in China had eaten dinosaur

published:21 Jul 2015

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1. Chinese scientists at table unveil mammal fossil with dinosaur remnants in stomach area from left to right: Meng Jin, Hu Yaoming, Wang Yuanqing
2. Close-up of mammal fossil, zoom in to stomach
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Meng Jin, Associate Curator, Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History:
\"This is the first ever discovery of this kind of material, and it shows, I think all of us will be very happy today. Now mammals finally get a chance to chase dinosaurs, so now for first time we know that dinosaurs are edible, maybe tasty. So it\'\'\'\'s a very interesting and exciting discovery, which will change the view, the picture, of the early mammals, mezozoic mammals, than what we thought before.\"
4. Photographers take pictures of fossil, pan to show scientists at table with fossil
5. Close-up of fossil mammal head, zoom out to show fossil
6. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Hu Yaoming, researcher, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing:
\"First, it\'\'\'\'s direct evidence showing it\'\'\'\'s a carnivorous mammal. Second, the food it ate included dinosaur, and in this animal there is a juvenile psittacosaur. Third, what\'\'\'\'s more surprising is that his size is more than one metre. I don\'\'\'\'t mean this one, I mean another fossil (of the same animal). These three points are things we\'\'\'\'ve never seen before.\"
7. Pan from psittacosaur skeleton in museum to replica of psittacosaurs
8. Close-up baby psittacosaurs of the type found in stomach contents of mammal
9. Tilt down from large duck-billed dinosaur
STORYLINE:
At the American Museum of...

Castorocauda - Video Learning - WizScience.com

Castorocauda - Video Learning - WizScience.com

\"\"Castorocauda\"\" is a genus of small, semi-aquatic mammal relatives living in the Jurassic period, around 164 million years ago, found in lakebed sediments of the Daohugou Beds of Inner Mongolia. It contains the single species \"\"Castorocauda lutrasimilis\"\". They were highly specialized, with adaptations evolved convergently with those of modern semi-aquatic mammals such as beavers, otters, and the platypus.
\"Castorocauda lutrasimilis\" is a member of the order Docodonta, which is a wholly extinct group of Mammaliaformes. It is not considered to be a mammal by the crown group definition, which takes the mammals to be the group containing the most recent common ancestor of all living mammals and its descendants. Many writers, however, do not define Mammalia as a crown group; Kielan-Jaworowska \"et al.\" , for example, defines Mammalia as the group originating with the last common ancestor of \"Sinoconodon\" and living mammals, a definition that includes Docodonta.
A \"Castorocauda\" fossil was discovered in 2004 in the fossil-rich beds of Liaoning province, China; it was reported in the journal \"Science\" by an international team led by Qiang Ji of Nanjing University. The fossil was so well preserved that an important feature of its soft anatomy — hair — was preserved. Hair is present in all modern mammals and is therefore assumed, under principles of maximum parsimony, to have been present in all descendants of the last common ancestor of \"Castorocauda\" and today\'s mammals, including crown mammals and other docodonts. The hair appears to have been a very advanced dense pel...

Castorocauda - Video Learning - WizScience.com

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\"\"Castorocauda\"\" is a genus of small, semi-aquatic mammal relatives living in the Jurassic period, around 164 million years ago, found in lakebed sediments of the Daohugou Beds of Inner Mongolia. It contains the single species \"\"Castorocauda lutrasimilis\"\". They were highly specialized, with adaptations evolved convergently with those of modern semi-aquatic mammals such as beavers, otters, and the platypus.
\"Castorocauda lutrasimilis\" is a member of the order Docodonta, which is a wholly extinct group of Mammaliaformes. It is not considered to be a mammal by the crown group definition, which takes the mammals to be the group containing the most recent common ancestor of all living mammals and its descendants. Many writers, however, do not define Mammalia as a crown group; Kielan-Jaworowska \"et al.\" , for example, defines Mammalia as the group originating with the last common ancestor of \"Sinoconodon\" and living mammals, a definition that includes Docodonta.
A \"Castorocauda\" fossil was discovered in 2004 in the fossil-rich beds of Liaoning province, China; it was reported in the journal \"Science\" by an international team led by Qiang Ji of Nanjing University. The fossil was so well preserved that an important feature of its soft anatomy — hair — was preserved. Hair is present in all modern mammals and is therefore assumed, under principles of maximum parsimony, to have been present in all descendants of the last common ancestor of \"Castorocauda\" and today\'s mammals, including crown mammals and other docodonts. The hair appears to have been a very advanced dense pel...

15 Unbelievable Fossil Discoveries

15 Unbelievable Fossil Discoveries

From fossils of distant human sub-species, to trees that survived the apocalypse which nearly wiped out life on Earth, we count 15 fascinating pieces of history carved into rocks and bones from the past.
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15 Unbelievable Fossil Discoveries

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From fossils of distant human sub-species, to trees that survived the apocalypse which nearly wiped out life on Earth, we count 15 fascinating pieces of history carved into rocks and bones from the past.
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The Facts About Dinosaurs & Feathers

The Facts About Dinosaurs & Feathers

Over the past 20 years, dinosaurs of all types and sizes have been found with some sort of fluff or even full-on plumage. These fuzzy discoveries have raised a whole batch of new questions so we\'re here to tell you everything we know about dinosaurs and feathers.
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https://www.livescience.com/24745-archaeopteryx.html
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The Facts About Dinosaurs & Feathers

published:27 Nov 2017

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Over the past 20 years, dinosaurs of all types and sizes have been found with some sort of fluff or even full-on plumage. These fuzzy discoveries have raised a whole batch of new questions so we\'re here to tell you everything we know about dinosaurs and feathers.
Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: http://youtube.com/pbsdigitalstudios
Thanks as always to Nobumichi Tamura for allowing us to use his wonderful paleoart. Check out his portfolio: http://spinops.blogspot.com
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References:
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/birds/archaeopteryx.html
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Mammalian Hair Rare Fossils

Mammalian Hair Rare Fossils

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Mammalian Hair Rare Fossils

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